The Sultan's Bride (11 page)

‘Though you are,’ she
continued, ‘near turning nineteen so I propose we ask for you to have an
audience with him and you will need to work out from there how to get into his
bed.  Tell him you wish to celebrate the anniversary of the first night in
his bed.’

For days she told herself
this would work.  She would offer herself up and do whatever she had to in
order for him to take her to his bed.  Soon this nightmare would be
over.  When the day arrived she received permission for an audience and
hurried to his room, finding him there with a young woman in his bed she’d not
seen before. 

‘I understand you wanted to
see me,’ he said stiffly. 

‘My Lord it is the time of
the year of my birth and as such I came to offer myself to you, as a gift I
would like very much if you would give me your seed, fill my womb, let me try
one more time to give you the child you wanted from me.’

He raised an eyebrow. ‘You
were unsuccessful for many months in giving me a child.  You had far
longer than any woman in my harem at trying but you failed at it Catherine when
I was sure for so long it would be you.  What difference will one more
night make?  Go back to the harem, I have a new wife to take in the
morning and tonight she will be virgin no more.’

‘My love, perhaps I could
help you, show you my gratitude for all you have given me these past months
even in my failings to provide a child?’ 

Interested he looked at
her.  ‘Help me in what way?’

‘I am very experienced with
other women due to my time in the harem.  Perhaps as a gift to you for my
birthday I can touch your young lady, make her ready for you?’

‘You would want to do
that?’ 

‘Once she gets into the harem
she will be welcomed with open arms, it may help prepare her for that and
watching me with her might add to the excitement.’

The idea appealed, she could
see that.  ‘Remove your clothing,’ he said.  While the woman on the
bed watched she removed her shift and he ran his hands over her body. 
‘This is how I want you to be for me,’ he told her, ‘obedient in every way,
giving your body to me completely.’

Standing behind Catherine he
put his hand between her legs and rubbed her clit.  ‘Catherine was not
always obedient but now she comes to me willingly and offers her body. 
This is what you must aspire to.’

Catherine arched her back,
the familiar shudder flowing through her body and he pushed her towards the bed
and the naked woman waiting.  Touching her leg she found her
shaking.  ‘Don’t be afraid,’ she said, ‘I will be waiting in the harem to
welcome you.  Life can be good here.’

She stilled under Catherine’s
reassurance and Catherine made her way up her body with little kisses until she
reached her face.  Looking into the young woman’s eyes she smiled. 
‘What is your name?’

‘
Alena
,’
said the woman. 

‘I’m going to kiss you
Alena
, just relax and enjoy yourself.  You will feel
good very soon.’ 

The young woman relaxed and
Catherine kissed her, softly and gently at first but soon her mouth opened and
Catherine’s tongue slipped in.  The Sultan watched, entranced, wondering
why he had not thought of this before.  Catherine could feel his cock
pressing against her arm, growing harder watching the two women kiss.

Catherine moved down, taking
a nipple in her mouth and sucking at it gently before moving to the other
one.  Her hand reached down and out of the corner of her eye she saw the
Sultan watching her movements.

Rubbing
Alena’s
clitoris soon produced results, her now experienced fingers finding the spot
that made the young woman shake before following it with a trail of kisses down
her stomach, through the silky blond hair just above her legs.  Her tongue
hit the spot and
Alena
gasped as she worked her clit
rolling it in her tongue and sucking gently.

When she came Catherine
lapped at her, her lips and face covered with
Alena’s
juices.  The Sultan pulled Catherine up until they looked each other in
the eye and licked around her mouth, tasting
Alena
for the first time through Catherine.

‘To celebrate your birth,’ he
murmured, moving behind Catherine and pushing her back down to she could
continue to lick and suckle at
Alena
.  Slowly he
pushed into her and watched over her shoulder while she tormented the young
woman with her tongue.

When she heard the familiar
groan and felt him spill into her she turned and licked his cock, tasting
herself on it and making him groan louder.  ‘Oh my love what a wonder you
are now,’ he said as she took his length in her mouth and pumped him until he
was hard again.

‘Now you are both ready,’ she
whispered.  He kissed her again and put her hand back on his cock to help
guide him into
Alena’s
waiting wetness. 
Alena
cried out as she was taken for the first time.

His hand reached out, between
Catherine’s legs and his fingers found her clit, rubbing it and making her
writhe with pleasure. 
Alena
reached up and
stroked Catherine’s breast nearest her, and Catherine bent to kiss
Alena
again.

The Sultan’s senses reeled
from the sights and feel of what was happening and he groaned as he found his
release into
Alena
.  Panting he pulled Catherine
away from
Alena
and pushed her to the bed, kissing
her and kneading at her breasts.  ‘I have missed you wife, what a
wonderful gift you have given me.’

‘It was my pleasure my love,
I hope your new wife serves you better than I have.’ 

He laid his head on her
chest.  ‘You have served me well,’ he said, ‘Perhaps better than I
deserve.’  When she moved to go back to the harem he stopped her. 
‘Stay here, with us for the night.  Once the marriage and consummation is
over tomorrow take
Alena
to the harem and make her
welcome.  Maybe tomorrow I will send for you.’

His moment of tenderness for
her pained her heart.  She had to deceive him, if he found out the truth
about the baby then he would have her punished, perhaps even killed.  She
stroked his head and he cuddled into her like a child.  Reaching over him
she touched
Alena’s
cheek and smiled at her, she
would not have a first night like Catherine did, feeling sore and pained the
following day.

He slept all night and in the
morning kissed Catherine again before taking her slowly and tenderly. 
‘Thank you my love,’ he said, ‘Last night gave me more than you will ever
know.’

The councillors arrived and
Alena
was dressed for the ceremony while Catherine waited
to one side.  The marriage done and consummated he let
Alena
go with her and they went to the harem where she handed
Alena
over to some of the other women.  ‘Thank you,’
Alena
whispered, ‘I was so scared and not sure of what the Sultan wanted from me, you
made it easier.’

Catherine smiled and kissed
the young woman on the cheek.  ‘Perhaps we will have our own times
together
Alena
.’

‘I would like that,’ she said
shyly. 

Once they were gone to the
bathing pools Irina took Catherine aside.  ‘He has another new wife?’

‘Yes but he also took me to
his bed.’ 

Irina smiled.  ‘Good,
now everything is safe.’

One month and many visits to
the Sultans bed later Catherine told him the news he had wanted to hear.  
She had requested a private audience and when it was granted he grabbed her
before she could even tell him and kissed her, scooping her up in his arms and
taking her to his bed.

‘You are not so tender
usually husband,’ she whispered. 

‘I have been counting and I
know you have missed your bleeding,’ he said. 

Catherine smiled. ‘That is
what I wished to tell you.’  He kissed her softly and pressed his nose
into her neck covering her with little kisses.

She laughed. ‘This is not
like you.’ 

He looked up at her. ‘I have
had a lot of wives but you are the one who has become the most special.  I
love you Catherine.’

‘I love you too my husband
and I am very happy to be carrying your child at long last.’

‘I have been thinking to set
you up in a room of your own, at least while you are with child. 
Somewhere only I can visit you and we can be alone.’

‘We can be alone in here.
 I think I would miss the others in the harem too much.’

He frowned. ‘It would not be
appropriate for you to move in here while you are pregnant, I want you near but
this room is so much more than the room I sleep in.’ 

Catherine nodded. ‘I
understand, perhaps some compromise can be reached.’

She paled, thinking she had
pushed him too far.  He was the Sultan and used to getting his own way, in
the months she had been coming to his bed she had never seen him like
this.  All he did was shrug.  ‘I’d like you to have the same status
as Irina, able to come and go from the harem as you please, to elevate your
status would require some work…’ his voice trailed off.

‘You need not do that my
love, whatever you want I will do,’ she said, scared at his strange
uncertainty. 

He looked at her. ‘You are
thinking that I am behaving oddly are you not?’ he asked. 

She nodded. ‘I have not seen
you so quiet and introspective.’ 

Laughing he kissed her
again.  ‘You know me to be authoritative and demanding, I know what I
am.  I also know that the women who come to my bed are not always willing
bed partners as you were not the first night we were together, you had no
choice.’

She said nothing, so he
continued.  ‘When you came to my bed the night
Alena
was here for the first time I felt your sincerity at wanting to be there. 
It made me love you all the more.  For the first time in my life Catherine,
I feel like I’m in love.’

‘But Irina…’ she
started. 

‘Irina was an arranged
marriage; my father arranged it as you were to be wed to
Arif
.
My desire for you stopped that though, when I saw you in the palace grounds,
young, beautiful, alluring even when you weren’t trying to be. I just had to
have you.’

Tears rolled down her cheeks.
‘Whenever I’ve taken a new wife our first time together has been brief. 
I’ve not ever wanted to hurt any woman, just show her who is in charge but you,
I couldn’t stay away,
I
couldn’t stop touching
you.  Our first night together was painful for you I know because all I
wanted was you.’

Catherine’s heart ached for
him and she clung to him like never before.  ‘Despite my threats I would
never have let anyone else lie with you Catherine.  You are mine and mine
alone.’  She nodded.  ‘You will spend tonight in here and for the
moment go back to the harem.  I promise I will be the loving husband you
deserve.’

Then he kissed her again and
she sighed, for the first time truly happy to be sharing his bed.  He
removed her shift and buried his face between her breasts.  ‘Soon our
child will suckle from you; once he is born I will take you into seclusion so
we can all be together for a time.’ 

‘I think I would like that my
love, what if we have a girl?’

He ran his hand down her body
until it rested on her stomach.  ‘It is a boy, I can feel it. 
Arif
is the only other child I have.  I need another
boy in case something ever happens to him.  None of my other wives ever
quickened with child.  We are truly blessed.’

His hand continued down her
body, gently rubbing her clit until she cried out.  Rolling her onto her
side he entered her from behind, his hand still rubbing her.  ‘I will be
gentle my love, you will get the very best of care from now on.’

In the morning when she
returned to the harem, she went straight to Irina’s arms and wept.

As the months went past, the
Sultan was as good as his word.  The nights spent together were tender and
loving and Catherine regretted the deception. 
Arif
didn’t know the child was his, as far as he knew his father had asked her back
to his bed and she had conceived.  She thought it best that he not know,
as did Irina.

The time came when he was too
concerned for the baby to take her to his bed so he put her in a room near his
with
Alena
for company.  Catherine was fond of
Alena
.  They had spent several nights in bed together
with the Sultan and had bonded.  She was good company and pleased that she
wasn’t summoned to the Sultans bed while she stayed with Catherine
either. 

Catherine was also reunited
with her beloved books.  When she had entered the harem nothing like that
was allowed in or out.  The only exception had been when Irina made sure
she had reading material during her times of seclusion but now the Sultan
indulged his pregnant wife and it helped fill the time while she awaited the
birth of her child.